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Perhaps what UWM is trying to say is that Jody's mixing is rather simplistic in this set and somewhat predictable. A DJ doesn't have to trainwreck for his mixing to leave something to be desired, for example (And I'm NOT trying to start a battle here, just an example) I would say that Armin's mixing certainly leaves something to be desired in that almost all of his mixes follow a very "cookie cutter" pattern, something that some people love him for. I'm not faulting Armin for mixing this way, it's just part of his style I've grown not to enjoy so much.
IMO, in this set Jody's mixes (I'm only listening to this for the first time now) seem to follow a bit of a pattern, and for a few of the transitions it's not that he trainwrecks, but simply that I feel a different style of mix would have been more appropriate. This also seems to coincide with that fact that stylistically, the set is definitely going in a few different directions at once, and never really seems to settle into one well defined groove.
It's still a good set, there are just some minor issues with it IMO, just like in many other sets by terrific DJ's such as Jody. Unfortunately, I simply think I've heard better from him, and hope that I was perhaps able to elaborate on and articulate UWM's criticism a bit more.
Cheers.
And Bobby, sorry if I totally missed the point you were trying to make...
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Last edited by RJT on Feb-13-2006 at 15:29
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